STANDARD COMPETENICES

 

 1. List, define, and apply chain saw safety standards as required by OSHA and NWCG member agency manuals, handbooks, and directives.

 2. Demonstrate proper use and maintenance of personal protective equipment (PPE) in chain saw applications.

 3. Identify chain saw power head parts, nomenclature, maintenance, replacement/repair, tuning, troubleshooting, and safety features.

 4. Demonstrate field maintenance tasks required for chain saw operation.

 5. Demonstrate the application of chain saws in brushing limbing, bucking, and felling operations.

 6. Explain the operation of a basic two-cycle chain saw engine.

 7. Perform routine chain saw power head, bar, and chain maintenance.

 8. Identify chain saw chain cutter types and sequencing and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

 9. Construct a chain saw chain by breaking and re-spinning rivets.

 10. Describe, draw, and perform basic and intermediate-level tree-felling and bucking cuts.

 11. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of felling and bucking cuts.

 12. Identify hazard trees and proper techniques for their safe removal.

 13. Demonstrate and/or explain the removal of a tree that is hung-up in another tree using safety protocols.

 14. Demonstrate and/or explain felling a tree with a heavy lean using safety protocols.

 15. Demonstrate and/or explain how a tree is felled 180 degrees off its head lean.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE

 

 I.      OSHA and NWCG chain saw safety standards

 II.     Personal Protective Equipment use, maintenance, and function

 III.    Chain saw power head parts, nomenclature, function , and replacement/repair

 IV.   Chain saw field maintenance

 V.    Chain saw use

 VI.   Two-cycle chain saw engine operation

 VII.  Routine chain saw power head, bar, and chain maintenance

 VIII.   Chain cutter types, sequencing, and advantages/disadvantages of each.

 IX.    Construct a chain saw chain

 X.   Tree felling and bucking cuts

 XI.   Felling and bucking cut advantages and disadvantages

 XII.   Hazard tree assessment and techniques for their safe removal

 XIII. Techniques for removing hang-ups

 XIV.  Techniques for felling trees with a heavy lean

 XV.  Techniques for felling trees 180 degrees opposite their head lean